Thursday, March 20, 2008

Day 19 (Week 10)

Today in class

  • Wrote Journal # 22: What are Easter memories you have?
  • Turned in Kanar 4.5
  • Went over Kanar 132 and instructions for Kanar 132-136 (Chapter Quizes 1-4).
  • Went over Langan 403 and 405. Did Langan 404, #1-10 as practice.
  • Did Langan 404, # 11-20. This is Langan Test 9
  • Did Langan 489 in class as practice.
  • Went over checklist for Essay 1, final draft.
  • Did Article Sharing #9 and turned in summary/reaction.
Homework for Tuesday 4/1**
  • Kanar--Chapter Quizzes 1 thru 4, pp 132-136
  • Langan 490. Find the ten verb errors. This is Langan Test 10.
  • Essay 1, Final Draft. See checklist and revise your final draft accordingly.
  • **No classes next week (3/24-28)--Spring Break!!

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Day 18 (Week 10)

Today in class

  • Wrote Journal # 21: What is the best restaurant you have ever eaten at?
  • Turned in Kanar 4.4
  • Turned in Langan 488 (This is Langan Test 8)
  • Went over Langan chapter 9 on irregular verbs. Did various exercises from that chapter in class.
  • Talked about the THINK system for reading (see Kanar pp. 128-129). Talked about what to do for Kanar 4.5
  • Shared Essay 1, 2nd drafts.
Homework for Thursday 3/20
  • Kanar--4.5. Use any chapter in Langan to do this. Also do "How Well Do You Remember" on p. 132 of Kanar.
  • Langan 403, 405. This is prep for a quiz on irregular verbs.
  • Article Sharing #9. Check for run-ons, fragments, and verb errors.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Day 17 (Week 9)

Today in class

  • Wrote Journal # 20: Topic is your choice. Turned in Journals.
  • Took Vocab Quiz 4
  • Went over Langan 160. Did Langan 399 in class.
  • Took Langan Test 7: p 400 # 6-10.
  • Went over Kanar 4.3 in class.
  • Did Article Sharing 8
  • Talked about Essay 1, 2nd drafts.
Homework for Tuesday 3/18

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Day 16 (Week 9)

Today in class

  • Wrote Journal # 19: What do you want to do more of in class? What do you want to do less of?
  • Continued work on sentences types-- Page 397 in Langan checked by Mr Turner to make sure these were done correctly. Did some items on Langan p. 150. Then took Langan Test 6 (Langan p. 398, 1st three groups)
  • Went over Kanar 4.1 and did 4.2 in class
  • Shared Essay 1, 1st draft in groups.
Homework for Thursday 3/13
  • Kanar--4.3
  • Langan 160
  • Article Sharing 8
  • Vocab Quiz #4. Study words in Kanar Chap 4

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Day 15 (Week 8)

Today in class

  • Wrote Journal # 17: What do you think you'll be doing in ten years?
  • Continued work on sentences types--Handed in p. 149. Checked by Mr Turner to make sure these were done correctly.
  • Played S (simple sentence) and C (compound sentence) game. The light shirt team won!
  • Turned in Kanar Chapter Quizzes 1, 3, and 4 on pp 101-105.
  • Discussed Kanar 4.1 which will be due next time.
  • Discussed Essay 1, 1st draft. This will be due next time.
  • Turned in outline of the essay 1. Mr Turner looked at these to see if they were done right.
Homework for Tuesday 3/11
  • Kanar--4.1.
  • Langan 397
  • Essay 1 ,1st draft This has to be five paragraphs and at least 400 total words.
  • Journal #18: Write about how, where, when you wrote Essay 1, 1st draft. Write about how easy or hard it was to write it.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Day 14 (Week 8)

Today in class

  • Wrote Journal # 16: What kinds of music do you like?
  • Took Vocab Quiz #3. See Mr Turner for a make-up if you were absent.
  • Continued work on sentences types--Handed in p. 144, Practice 4. Checked by Mr Turner to make sure these were done correctly.
  • Played S (simple sentence) and C (compound sentence) game. The men (Justin, Oliver, and Jay-R) won!
  • Went over Kanar HWDYR (pp 100-101). Went over instructions for Chapter Quizzes 1, 3, and 4 on pp 101-105.
  • Discussed Essay 1. Due next time is an outline of the essay 1.
Homework for Thursday 3/6
  • Kanar--Chapter Quizzes 1, 3, 5 on pp 101-105.
  • Langan p. 149. Combine each group of three simple sentences into one sentence.
  • Essay 1 Outline

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